Win Systems, global technology supplier for the gaming and entertainment industry, welcomes Ioannis Katakis to its team as head of lottery business solutions, spearheading the growth of this business unit within the company.

Ioannis has a Bachelor´s degree in Engineering, a Masters in Electronic and Telecommunication and a PhD in Bio-Engineering. He served as general commercial & strategy director for the Intralot Group for 17 years. During his time in Intralot he developed and proposed the tactic and business opportunities within the global gaming markets to the company’s top management, also serving because the lead in winning management and operation contracts in lots of countries world wide. He established MALTCO Lotteries in Malta (2001), because the operator of the National Lottery of Malta, the primary privatized lottery globally. From 2012 he served as executive CEO of the corporate. As a result of his global achievements he was elected in September 2015, member of the PGRI Gaming Industry Hall of Fame.

Dario Zutel, Win Systems’ chairman comments: “Ioannis has an intensive career path within the gaming and lottery industries. His experience and know-how are of significant value for Win Systems, and because our plan is to further develop our lottery business solutions to be able to satisfy the growing market demands, Ioannis is the easiest candidate to assist us accomplish that goal.”

Regarding his incorporation, Ioannis Katakis adds: “It is a brilliant honor for me to go the lottery business solutions of Win Systems. Lotteries are considered essentially the most challenging, competitive and critical sector of the gaming business. Our vision is to become one of the vital top global providers of Lottery Solutions, according to our innovative technology, expert personnel and global operational know-how.”

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